New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Pullman Community Center

The center provides sports and recreational opportunities to low-income residents on Chicago's south side. Individuals, housing authority residents and local teams is able to utilize the facility at reduced rates.

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $16,500,000
  • Total Project Cost: $23,147,333

IMPACT

  • 25 FTE jobs
  • 160 construction jobs

Investor

Voices from the Community

CNI serves neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side. We have leveraged over $350 million in new industrial, retail, and recreational development in a single census tract in Pullman through the New Markets Tax Credits program. Since the first NMTC investment in 2013, violent crime in the neighborhood has dropped 52% and jobs in the community have increased by 43%.

-Jennifer Bransfield, COO and General Counsel, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

Project Description

The center provides sports and recreational opportunities to low-income residents on Chicago’s south side. Individuals, housing authority residents and local teams is able to utilize the facility at reduced rates.

MAP

Address: 10355 South Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60628

Census Tract: 17031500200

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